Nazareth - Morning Dew

Nazareth is a Scottish rock band that had several hard rock hits in the UK in the early 1970s, and established an international audience with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog. Perhaps their best-known hit single was a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts", in 1975. The band continues to record and tour to the present day.

2 first pictures are old school Nazareth and the 3:rd is from 2009

Todays tune "Morning Dew", also known as "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew", is a post-apocalyptic folk-rock song written by Canadian singer Bonnie Dobson in 1962, it became a melancholy folk rock standard, covered by the Grateful Dead, the Jeff Beck Group, Robert Plant, and Long John Baldry among many others (a more detail list below). Todays version of the tune is from the album "Nazareth" and is the self-titled first album by the band. It was released in 1971.

Here is a Original Rare TV Recording of the tune, flashy!



According to Dobson in a 1993 interview, "Morning Dew" was inspired by the film On the Beach. Fred Neil heard Dobson's song and re-arranged it to suit his own style. Tim Rose heard Neil's version and then recorded his own in 1966, adding himself as co-writer. Through a loophole in US copyright law, Rose was able to claim royalties. Dobson has consistently questioned Rose's right to a co-writing credit.

Selected list of recordings of the tune

1962 Bonnie Dobson, At Folk City
1964 Vince Martin & Fred Neil, Tear Down the Walls
1966 Tim Rose, Tim Rose (original album by this name, of two), "Morning Dew" (single).
1967 Episode Six, "Morning Dew" single
1967 Grateful Dead, The Grateful Dead, plus Europe '72 and various retrospective live albums
1968 Lulu, "Morning Dew" (single)
1968 The 31st of February, Dreams (Allman Brothers anthology)
1968 Jeff Beck, Truth
1968 Ralph McTell, Eight Frames a Second
1968 Lee Hazlewood, Love and Other Crimes
1968 The Nova Local, Nova 1
1970 Salena Jones, Everybody's Talkin' About
1971 Nazareth, Nazareth
1973 Clannad, Clannad
1980 Long John Baldry, Long John Baldry
1984 Blackfoot, Vertical Smiles
1985 Einstürzende Neubauten, Fünf Auf der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala
1990 Devo, Smooth Noodle Maps
1992 Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes, The Lure of the Tropics
1993 Screaming Trees, "Butterfly" (single)
1995 Skullflower, Transformer
1997 The Fatal Shore, "Fatal Shore"
2002 Robert Plant, Dreamland
2003 Mungo Jerry, Adults Only
2004 Audience, alive&kickin'&screamin'&shoutin'
2006 Serena Ryder, If Your Memory Serves You Well
2010 Gregorian, The Dark Side Of The Chant

Here is the orginal version of the tune, with Bonnie Dobson - Morning Dew - Live At Folk City 1962, enjoy!



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